Why Brooklyn Beckham's bombshell statement 'doesn't add up'

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Brooklyn Beckham 'did not tell us the whole truth' in his bombshell statement attacking parents David and Victoria, Katie Hind has claimed on a new episode of the Daily Mail's Deep Dive podcast.

In a lengthy Instagram post released on Monday night, Brooklyn, 26, accused his mother and father of attempting to sabotage his marriage to American actress Nicola Peltz.

He claimed Victoria cancelled making Nicola's wedding dress 'at the eleventh hour', that his parents pressured him to sign away rights to his name, and that his mother 'hijacked' his first dance with his new bride, dancing 'inappropriately' on him in front of 500 guests.

The Daily Mail's Showbusiness Editor challenged several of Brooklyn's claims, particularly questioning accusations made about Victoria's behaviour at the Beckham-Peltz wedding in April 2022.

'It's worth pointing out that recollections of their wedding vary', Hind told podcaster Jamie East.

'Brooklyn and Nicola sold the pictures of the wedding to British Vogue, which was the new done thing among celebrity couples - we recently saw Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty do it too.

'In the copy from Vogue that appeared afterwards in 2022, it said that Nicola and Brooklyn had their first dance to Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling in Love with You.

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'It also said that later, at around 11pm, singer Marc Anthony appeared, opening a set with his song I Need to Know. According to Vogue, Brooklyn then invited his mother on stage for a dance.

'That account doesn't quite fit with what Brooklyn was saying.'

When host East pointed out the family would have wanted to present themselves positively in Vogue, casting doubt on that account, Hind raised another inconsistency involving Brooklyn's claim about the rights to his name.

The 26-year-old wrote that his parents tried to pressure him into signing away rights to his name before his wedding, affecting the family's 'payday' when he refused.

'There are other things that don't quite add up', Hind said.

'It is my understanding that Victoria owned the rights to the name, Brooklyn Beckham, until the end of this year.

'What I am being told is that the trademarking of the name was done for housekeeping reasons, to avoid other people trademarking it, and that this is all nonsense.

'In the statement then, Brooklyn didn't tell us the whole truth, the whole story. I wonder if that's because, if he did, it would make him sound ridiculous.

'Victoria also trademarked Harper Beckham's name as well - I think she's doing this to protect them.'

However, Hind insisted that she wasn't trying to protect David and Victoria by casting doubt over Brooklyn's statement.

She admitted to having her own 'ups and downs' with the celebrity couple in the past and that people close to them have told her 'deeply unpleasant things'.

Despite putting on a brave face at Davos, Hind claimed David and Victoria will be incensed by their son's social media tirade.

'David will be absolutely devastated', she claimed.

'He will also be very angry, I think he's got a temper. Victoria, I imagine, will be heartbroken.

'I can't see that they will respond to this… they are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

'I don't know if Brooklyn and Nicola are finished. There could be so much more to come.'

Listen to the full episode of Deep Dive featuring Katie Hind now, wherever you get your podcasts.

Brooklyn Beckham's statement in full

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.

I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.

Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. 

Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.

They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. 

During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family." Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.

Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer. 

My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead. 

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.

When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.

We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.

I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.